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> You can't ask people how to do it, because if they could tell you then everyone would do it and it wouldn't work Coding-camps?
by DaiPlusPlus 6y ago
> You can't ask people how to do it, because if they could tell you then everyone would do it and it wouldn't work
Coding-camps?
- ALittleLight 6y agoI think a good coding camp is a plausible route to an entry level dev position. I know a Google dev who got there via a coding camp. I wouldn't describe it as a hack or hustle though. It's basically learn the skills required, demonstrate your knowledge, then interview and get a matching job.
- 8128js8121 6y agosaps, paying to learn shit from stack overflow.
- ryankemper 6y agoA coding camp is the opposite of hustling. It's called "bootcamp" for a reason - it's there to impose some structure for those who need it. Also bootcamp is very overhyped. There's some great people that come out of them, but I think mainly the hype is the fact that college is overrated (this is a cliche opinion I know) so bootcamps are there to try to exploit some of the delta that the myopic focus on college degrees creates. But many boot camps are super myopic in their own ways.
- practicalpants 6y ago> A coding camp is the opposite of hustling Right on. I'm self taught before bootcamps were a thing. I learned by doing by launching a bunch of startup prototypes. Then I ran out of money so I started interviewing, went 1 for 1 and got a good 6 figure Rails job at a big corporation (skipping junior level), all with less than 1 year experience. Many people getting into coding I talk to think this path is too hard and that a bootcamp somehow looks good on a resume and is therefore safe. The same arguments can be made for startup accelerators. You really don't need one if you're a hustler who can build businesses. Thus they also attract some percentage of people who want a "safe" approach for their resume.